A professor keeps a few of his favorite things in his wallet: A gift card to a beer store and a photo of his wife from the first time he met her.

Marketing and career coach Tim Tyrell-Smith and host Tess Vigeland discuss how you can develop your own brand promise.

With more renters crowding the market, the cost of rent is going up. Forget landlords offering free rent or a TV to get you to rent; renters have to appeal to landlords.

Marketplace Money host Tess Vigeland and Los Angeles Times' consumer columnist David Lazarus answer listener questions.

Tess Vigeland and producer Megan Larson go through the Money mailbag.

We all know that a home's value is whatever a buyer and seller can agree on. But that doesn't stop us from sometimes wondering what it's worth or believing what we were seeing. So we invited Stan Humphries, Zillow.com's chief economist to explain it to us.

The congressional debate over whether to raise or not raise the federal debt ceiling may seem like a faraway battle. But Congress' decision will have a real impact on the pocketbooks of Americans.

Author Zac Bissonnette argues why decorating his first place with used items is not only more interesting, but a better investment.